Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The Maharashtra Assembly witnessed fiery exchanges as Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde launched a blistering attack on Shiv Sena-UBT Chief Uddhav Thackeray. Deputy Chief Minister Shinde on Friday evening accused the Opposition leader of practicing selective Hindutva, questioning why Uddhav Thackeray remained silent over alleged donation irregularities at Mumbai’s iconic Siddhivinayak Temple during his tenure as the former Chief Minister.The political showdown erupted am…
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Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Senior leaders from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition on Friday launched a scathing attack on the state government at the conclusion of the monsoon assembly session. Presenting a united front, Congress leader Nana Patole, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Bhaskar Jadhav, and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Jayant Patil targeted the ruling dispensation over farmers’ issues, infrastructure corruption, deteriorating educational standards, and the “undemocratic” delay in appointing …
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s decision to hold a party meeting in Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s chamber at the Vidhan Bhavan has triggered fresh friction within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), with Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut accusing senior leaders of conferring legitimacy on “traitors”.Raut also slammed Pawar for meeting Deputy CM Shinde.Af a press conference, Raut further asserted that senior leaders should refrain from giving political…
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) A fierce political war of words has erupted between the ruling government and the opposition following recent heavy rains and subsequent accidents in Mumbai. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in a Facebook post on Monday, strongly responded to the opposition’s criticism of a landslide near the ‘Missing Link’ project.CM Fadnavis slammed the opposition for starting a political row over the incident near the tunnel entrance of the Mumbai-Pune Missing Link project without gathe…
Thane, July 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief leader Eknath Shinde was rushed to a private hospital in Thane on Friday after his health deteriorated suddenly. According to preliminary reports on Saturday, Shinde is currently under the care of a team of specialist doctors, and his condition is stated to be completely stable.Shiv Sena sources indicate that Dy CM Shinde’s health suffered due to extreme physical exertion and heavy work pressure over the past few days.O…
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Hours after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray announced a statewide ‘Ram Raksha’ agitation over alleged financial irregularities in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation funds, the rival Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday hit back, dismissing the upcoming protest as political opportunism and hypocrisy. Slamming Thackeray’s allegations that stolen temple money was being funnelled to engineer political defections, Shiv Sena Minister and spokesperson Sanjay Shirsat termed …
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Shiv Sena UBT leader and MLC Sachin Ahir, who jumped ship to the Eknath Shinde camp, was on Wednesday elected unopposed as the Deputy Chairperson of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. The unanimous election was secured after the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) nominee, J M Abhyankar, withdrew his nomination candidature in adherence to the traditional conventions of the Upper House. Following the withdrawal of the opposition’s challenge, Ahir’s election to the constit…
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Immediately after filing his nomination papers for the post of Maharashtra Legislative Council Deputy Chairperson, ‘rebel’ legislator Sachin Ahir sent his official resignation letter to Uddhav Thackeray, stepping down from all key responsibilities within the Shiv Sena (UBT), including his leadership roles in influential labour unions.In his letter, Ahir, who defected and shifted his loyalty to Shiv Sena chief leader and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, cited “unavoidab…
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Tuesday hailed the Special Court’s judgement sentencing the prime accused in the horrific Nasrapur minor assault and murder case to death. It has triggered a massive debate across the state regarding the breakdown of law and order and the growing atmosphere of insecurity for women and children in Maharashtra.The Thackeray camp, in an editorial in the party’s mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’, said that the verdict provides closure to the v…
Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on the Maharashtra government, the Opposition staged a walk out from the Assembly on Monday, to protest against the recurring paper leaks in crucial examinations like NEET and TET, saying that it has severely tarnished the state’s reputation nationwide.The Opposition demanded the suspension of Question Hour seeking a debate on the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leaks. As the Assembly proceedings commenced, Opposition members moved an adjou…